To:G. V. PLEKHANOV

Published:First published in 1925.

      Sent from Munich to Geneva.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1974,

      Moscow,Volume 34,

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October 21, 1901

Afew days ago I sent youNeue ZeitNo. 1, with
Engels’s article on the
programme.[4]I think you will find
it of some interest for your work, i.e., for drawing up the
draft programme. Then today we sent you proofs; when
you have read them, please send them directly to Dietz
marked
“Druckfertig”[1]as soon as possible.

Ihave selected a little material for a review of home
affairs[2]and in a few days’ time I shall tackle it in real
earnest (at the moment I am indisposed—-a touch of the
flu after my
trip[5]). Since after this work I shall have to
get busy withIskra, and then with the pamphlet, which
I have been putting off for a long
time,[3]I have no time
whatever left for the programme, and you are our only
hope.

Couldyou recommend some Frenchman for letters from
France? (Danevich will probably refuse.)

Allthe very best.Yours,Lenin

[1]“Readyfor the press.”—Ed.

[2]“Reviewof Home Affairs” (see present edition, Vol. 5).—Ed.

[3]Thereference is toWhat Is To Be Done?(see present edition,
Vol. 5.—Ed.

[4]Thereference is to Engels’s article “Zur Kritik des
sozialdemokratischen Programmentwurfes 1891”. p. 87

[5]Leninrefers to his trip to Zurich to attend the “unity”
conference of the R.S.D.L.P.’s organisations abroad:Iskra-Zarya,Sotsial-Demokrat(including the Emancipation
of Labour group), the Union of Russian Social-Democrats Abroad, the Bund
and theBorbagroup. The conference was held on September 21-22
(October 4-5), 1901. p. 87